General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£50,000	-	16,627 17.51%	5,901
Finance	2	No change0	£67,500	-2.19%	12,580 13.24%	4,633
Analytical Skills	26	Down -18 places-18	£54,500	-0.90%	4,933 5.19%	2,256
Marketing	34	Down -11 places-11	£47,500	-5.00%	4,109 4.33%	1,677
Public Sector	40	Up 40 places+40	£60,000	-	3,562 3.75%	1,109
Manufacturing	45	Down -21 places-21	£47,500	-	3,072 3.23%	1,094
Retail	46	Down -12 places-12	£54,633	+21.40%	2,985 3.14%	1,170
Inclusion and Diversity	60	Down -47 places-47	£55,000	-	2,497 2.63%	915
Law	61	Down -29 places-29	£60,000	+14.28%	2,491 2.62%	808
Legal	69	Down -8 places-8	£60,000	+2.56%	2,290 2.41%	934
Banking	89	Down -56 places-56	£85,000	+6.25%	1,846 1.94%	618
Organisational Skills	91	Up 22 places+22	£37,500	-6.25%	1,843 1.94%	867
Telecoms	116	Up 20 places+20	£45,000	+5.88%	1,561 1.64%	549
Games	124	Up 85 places+85	£50,000	+11.11%	1,462 1.54%	295
Electronics	160	Down -106 places-106	£52,500	-4.54%	1,194 1.26%	407
Aerospace	182	Up 135 places+135	£55,000	+0.37%	1,043 1.10%	451
Influencing Skills	195	Up 55 places+55	£70,000	+7.69%	992 1.04%	470
Automotive	211	Up 118 places+118	£50,000	-0.10%	896 0.94%	308
Presentation Skills	228	Down -105 places-105	£57,500	-	824 0.87%	490
Advertising	266	Down -59 places-59	£50,000	-2.91%	691 0.73%	251
Local Government	301	Up 78 places+78	£51,356	+2.94%	606 0.64%	248
Pharmaceutical	314	Up 51 places+51	£55,000	+10.00%	559 0.59%	177
Documentation Skills	361	Up 46 places+46	£52,500	-4.54%	461 0.49%	171
Back Office	371	Up 61 places+61	£55,000	-21.42%	440 0.46%	79
Financial Institution	377	Down -130 places-130	£85,000	+3.03%	427 0.45%	182
Military	400	Down -25 places-25	£42,500	-15.84%	390 0.41%	190
Billing	400	Up 55 places+55	£45,000	-5.26%	390 0.41%	175
Aviation	405	Up 102 places+102	£65,000	+46.06%	384 0.40%	112
Front Office	432	Down -239 places-239	£100,000	-13.04%	340 0.36%	109
Multimedia	474	Up 132 places+132	£30,500	-15.27%	283 0.30%	431
French Language	481	Down -119 places-119	£45,000	-30.76%	273 0.29%	64
German Language	501	Down -157 places-157	£40,000	-27.27%	251 0.26%	107
Health Technology	521	Up 7 places+7	£60,000	-6.25%	226 0.24%	72
Legal Technology	538	Up 36 places+36	£80,000	+23.07%	209 0.22%	70
Publishing	563	Down -78 places-78	£50,000	-21.87%	182 0.19%	105
Investment Banking	568	Down -256 places-256	£97,500	-13.33%	177 0.19%	96
Social Housing	586	Up 49 places+49	£52,500	+13.51%	158 0.17%	49
Spanish Language	611	Up 5 places+5	£54,000	+2.85%	133 0.14%	37
Agriculture	631	Down -24 places-24	£43,500	-33.07%	113 0.12%	36
Tech for Good	636	Down -97 places-97	£69,000	+7.81%	108 0.11%	15
Police	641	Down -82 places-82	£56,864	+13.98%	103 0.11%	63
Digital Health	649	Down -11 places-11	£52,500	-19.23%	95 0.10%	39
General Ledger	652	Down -44 places-44	£62,500	+2.04%	92 0.097%	42
Fire and Rescue	657	Down -31 places-31	£55,000	+36.82%	87 0.092%	47
Portuguese Language	660	Down -12 places-12	£60,000	+106.89%	84 0.088%	11
Brand Awareness	660	Down -60 places-60	£55,000	+83.33%	84 0.088%	42
Italian Language	661	Down -30 places-30	£55,000	-24.13%	83 0.087%	34
Digital Healthcare	662	Down -17 places-17	£60,000	-7.69%	82 0.086%	22
Dutch Language	664	Down -223 places-223	£35,000	-	80 0.084%	12
Japanese Language	669	Down -25 places-25	£56,766	-5.39%	75 0.079%	22